Sandra Coto Navarro, 48, is charged with murder, tampering with physical evidence, and criminal possession of a weapon in connection to the death of 55-year-old Jose Portillo. Authorities believe Portillo was struck and stabbed after trying to collect late rent from Navarro and her husband, who owed approximately $24,000.
ByAuthorities believe the superintendent was struck in the head and killed after reportedly trying to collect late rent at the Kew Gardens Hills apartment.A woman has been charged in the death of a Queens superintendent reportedly killed while attempting to collect late rent .
Sandra Coto Navarro, 48, is charged with murder, tampering with physical evidence and criminal possession of weapon in connection to the death. Authorities believe the superintendent, identified as 55-year-old Jose Portillo, was struck over the head and stabbed in the neck and leg.Officials say Navarro and her husband owed about $24,000 in back rent and they had not paid in years.
Surveillance video reviewed by police showed Navarro's husband was at work all day. He got home 20 minutes before police arrived and told police the location of the victim's body. He will not be charged.People who live at the apartment building on 70th Avenue said he used to be the gardener and then became the super -- he was a friendly man who would stop to talk to people.Janice Yu reports on the community mourning the loss of the postal worker killed in a Harlem deli.
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